Is it Spring??

1/31/2012

Can you believe it is 60 degrees here in NE Ohio?  It is so nice.  As much as I love the snow, I will definitely take this weather.  There are people out and about everywhere today.  I even noticed a lady walking into the court house with some pajama shorts on.   Really?  I mean don't you think if you are going to the court house  for any reason at all, you could have taken the time to get out of your jammies?  Let's be honest, going almost anywhere out of the house,  pajamas probably are not the best bet.  However it is still a beautiful day! All these little spring flowers that are deciding if they should pop up or not....might want to wait.  We could have a snow blizzard or massive rain storm any day now.   Fingers are crossed that this weather is here for awhile though.

The girl comes home from school yesterday upset that she had to sit by herself at lunch.  I'm concerned and ask why? What happened with your friends?  Well I guess she was late to lunch or delayed for something.  I feel bad for her.  I continue to ask her.  You sat all by yourself?  Yes!  You really sat alone at lunch? Yes, I did she says.  Were you lonely eating by yourself, I continue to pry.  She then responds....ummmm no I sat with some other girls, they just were not my regular group.   Ohhhh I see you didn't sit alone.  Glad we got that cleared up.  Whew. 

Has anyone seen the story on the news where the 33 year old man attacked three people at a Toys R Us?  Well he didn't technically attack them.  He had some toy light sabors, running through the store swiping them at people.  Do you call that an attack?  I call that an oops get out of the way.  Attack? Get out of the way?  Whatever you call it....the man is banned from Toys R Us.  Probably best! 

The little guy of the house accidentally cut his jeans last night.  Accident?  I think not! 

Thankful tidbit.....  Beautiful weather in January! 

Until next time  -    Crazy mommy    :)

1/30/2012

I Hate Monday's.......

Good afternoon.  Well it is Monday, and you know what that means.....My hour drive to and from my son's feeding rehab appt.  However, today went alot better than last week.  Remember the straight jacket incident?  I sure do!  He did not even speak the whole drive there.  Was playing a game in the backseat.  Thank goodness for those DS games.  What did parents do before them?  Hmmmm not sure!  Back to the appointment.   Things go pretty good until the end, when he starts looking for a certain dot to dot paper that they had last week.  Well they did not have it!!!   He decides he will choose a paper with the alphabet on it.  Not so bad, until he starts blurting out curse words.  A is for Ass, B is for balls, and C is for.....hold up I say this is totally inappropriate.  He screams back to me, Oh you got your nerve, with all the inappropriate things you say to my dad and people you are mad at.  UGHHHH  Yep he got me!  I said I am an adult, and sometimes adults are just inappropriate.  He mumbles...sometimes??  Yea right.   After a few minutes of him yelling blah blah blah I am not listening , he calms down.  We get in the car and he just can not figure out why balls is so inappropriate.  We actually have been having this conversation daily.  What do you say?  I said well tenders is what we have decided to call them.  Remember?  You decided, he said.  Well, what if someone says do you want chicken tenders??   Isn't that gross?  Since you put it that way, It doesn't sound so good.  I just never win with him.  Just when I think I can out wit him.....NOPE! 

My horoscope says today ....I am a natural money maker, I know how to turn a dollar into a twenty, and a twenty into a hundred.  I don't have alot of time to type today.  I have got some work to do.  Turning these ones in my wallet into twenties.  Look out, they will be hundreds by Wednesday.  Here's hoping!  I always wonder where do the horoscopes  come from?   I would like that job.  Sitting behind a computer telling people how their day is going to go.  I get it, most people do not believe in this garbage.  Still might be fun. 

I don't have much time today.  Hope everyone has a great day. 

Thankful tidbit......DS games.   :)

Until the next time -    Crazy Mommy

Love Saturdays.....

1/28/2012

Good morning!  Well here comes the snow I wanted.  It is so pretty. I really do love snowy days.  The warm hearty meals, sitting in front of the fire place.  Nice!  The kids are not with me this weekend. They are with their dad.  As much as I complain and say I need a break, I sure miss them when they are not home. 

So my boyfriend and I go out to dinner last night.  I look next to us and there are these two men.   Twins.  I would say they were 45 ish.  When do you think twins should get the memo that dressing alike at 45 is pretty creppy.  Seriously?   These men  were both bald, same boots, same sweater, same jacket, and even same meal.  Buckle your seat belts......they were drinking different beers.   Whew.  I was starting to think there was no hope for these men!  Can you imagine trying to date someone like that.  You are getting ready to go out and before your guy asks you  what he should wear he calls his brother.  In case there is a chance of meeting, they need to be dressed alike.  Weird!  I just don't get that I twins, well  adult twins. 

Today would have been my grandma's 92 birthday. She passed away in September.  It was a day we all dreaded, yet knew it was around the corner.  She was clearly the matriarch staple in our family.  My grandma was a lady that strongly believed in faith, truth, and family.  Anyone that knew her, knew how much family and faith meant to her.  It was hard as her dementia got worse.  I think we all appreciated and looked for those glimpses of her old self.  I will treasure my memories of her for the rest if my life.  I'm so thankful for all the years I had with her, and the years my kids got to know and love love her as well.  My youngest said to my middle one......when we are sad and missing mamaw all we have to do is look in the sky and find the brightest star.  I'm sure that is her!   I believe that, and find myself looking and staring into the sky for her presence. 

Thankful tidbit.....   Grandmas xo

Until next time -   Crazy Mommy

Rain Rain Go Away...

1/26/2012

Welcome to another rainy day here in NE Ohio.  Seriously ?  I'm so over this rain.  I personally would rather have snow, than rain.  Now if it's fall or spring rain would be better.  It's January though ....snow already.   April will probably be our snowiest month.  Not cool mother nature!   
I'm a little bummed today.  Missed Dance moms last night.  Fell asleep about 10 minutes before.  Woke up about 10 minutes after it was over. I looked at the television guide and it said it would be on at 3 am.  So I thought, that just may work.  As it turned out my little man woke me up at 2:53.  I was like cool, I got a show to watch.  So we get on the couch, I tune in.......and it's the one from last week.  Damn it!   I know everyone was wondering what is happening at Abby Lee Dance Studio.  I did see a preview, I think a girl is trying out for cheer leading, this is sure to push Ms. Miller over the edge.

The girl had volleyball last night, came home a little peeved. Thinks she should be running the practices and be the captain or something.  I'm like ease up, it is your first year playing.  She tells me....I've got this. I say whatever, I bet you do. Just to save an argument.  Girls.....Man they are tough sometimes.  She filled out this paper thing to go on a trip for some space program. She was rushing through the paperwork.  I told her slow down and read it carefully.  She rammed right through it all. Had to write why she should be chosen to go etc..... She comes home tuesday and is sobbing and carrying on about how she didn't make it.  I felt bad, but I'm like calm down blah blah blah. She says she is an alternate. Well there is a bright side  I tell her.  Omg  why would someone go through all that trouble to get picked and not go.  After some time she calms down and says well if I don't go, we get to have a free day.  All is not lost!  Whew.  Walks in the door wednesday, the next day....happy as all can be.  Guess what?  She is going!  Someone canceled.   Seriously??   I can't believe it.  Well actually I can.  I am sure at least 1of the 35 that were chosen wouldn't have been able to make it!  What do I know?

So my little guy asks me if we can go to the store tonight?  I said probably not, why what did you need?  A poker game to take to school and play during free time.    Uhhhh no, poker is not to be played at at school.  Only home I tell him!   Haha

Thankful tidbit  ...... Reruns!

Until next time    ...   Crazy mommy 

Good good morning!

1/25/2012

It's wednesday half way through the week.   My youngest stayed at my moms house last night.   I actually went to bed at 10 pm and slept till 5:20.   Ahhhhh  I was so happy to sleep.  The day before my youngest woke me up at 3:30 with the question ....How do you spell school?  S.c.h.o.o.l  I say.  Hmmmmm so there is 6 words in it .  No there is 6 letters , I tell him.   Well I don't agree, he blurts at me.  Go figure!   He then says in the most matter of fact voice......well Kevin wants to marry you. Who is Kevin? My classmate, he says.   I give the most common response, because I am the prettiest mom in the classroom?  No, because your breath is always smelling good, he says with a smile.   Hmmmm  I'll  take it. 

     My middle guy had his first reconcillation last night .  For those of you that are not Catholic, it was his first confession.  He did so well.  I am sure I was way more nervous and emotional than him.  I thought.  After he comes back from confessing his most secret of 8 yr old sins, I see a tear in his eye.  I ask what's wrong?  He looks up at me with his very brown eyes and says , I just feel so much better and and happier.   Omg!  I know, then the water works set in.  I am sure the other parents were like.....wow wonder what that kid had to confess.  Haha   All along I was truly thinking, damn why didn't I go back to confession, I need  to feel to feel lighter and happier.  I was very proud of him. 

    The girl had musical theater class, which always goes well because she is by far the best in the class.  That is what she tells me anyway.   Off to take my little man to school.

   Thankful tidbit......  SLEEP  :)
       Until next time       C.M.     

It's Monday, thats for sure.

1/23/2012

Hello there.   So I start my day off with about 4ish hours sleep.  I wake up look at my daily horoscope tidbit.....to find out that my mood swings will be out of control the next few days.  Great! I immediately start to unravel.  Haha  well not really haha, because I did.  So I get the  two sleeping kids up, do our morning routine.  The youngest goes to feeding rehab every monday. Over an hour drive each way.  As we head out on our typical long monday morning commute he says.....I have something to tell you.  Oh boy, here we go.  I calmly say, what do you need to tell me.  Well well well, he says, I'm not going to cooperate at all today. No way no how!  Now I have a decision to make.  I can either let it go and listen to my morning chat station ( which I have been threatening to call in to for over a week  )   or I can try to talk ( bribe) him into behaving and cooperating.   I choose to listen to the radio.  After our major rain and wind storm, we arrive.  They say good morning in a very nice and friendly way.  He blurts out once again in a loud and not so nice  voice,  I'm not going to cooperate and I flipped my classmates off last week.   Ughhhhh     Here we go! Hello monday morning.   That is true, he did flip a classmate off, he said he was teaching the child what it meant.  Not really sure how bad that is.  I'm joking!!  Back to feeding rehab.....they bring a plate of food out he sees the apple, flips out, he hates apples. All downhill from there.  Then guess what??  My horoscope sets in.  My mood swung so fast the other way I didn't know what hit me. I was emotional, crying, mad, feeling guilty ( because I should have bribed him but I chose to block it out) and basically down right tired! They remove me from the room, calm him down, things get back on track.  He never does eat the apple. They picked the battles they wanted today, and the apple was not one they wanted to have.  After several hours, we are headed back home, and things are calm.  I'm listening to my radio show, and he is playing a game.  As we pull into the drive way he says to me, I should have tried that apple I just might like it.   Omg  Are you kidding me? Horoscope sets in once again!  I'm mad, I'm kind of yelling, I'm talking to him about being rude etc....then he blurts out, Fine!  I will never eat an apple.   Fine I say, don't who cares..... You do he replies.  I get home , I'm doing laundry and dishes.  I hear an update on my phone. It is the second horoscope tidbit of the day.  It says my sign is the calmest, most restrained, and logical of all the signs.  Wth!!   Why couldn't I have gotten that one at the crack of dawn this morning.  Might have changed my outlook on my intense crappy day!   

Thankful tidbit of the day......I guess when I was removed from the room, and put into that straight jacket.   Calm and quiet for a solid hour!  Ahhhhhh

Until next time...... Crazy mommy

1/21/2012 Are you there coffee??? It's me crazy mom!!! Good morning. It is 8 am and I have already been up for 4 1/2 hours. Around 4 am I hear my youngest roaming around the house. So, as I get up to go get him, I'm already thinking of some huge story of why he is going to have to lay back down. Then I see a light on in the bedroom...omg the other two are up playing as well. I quickly hit the brakes, back it up and shut that down. They did go back to bed. Thank goodness! However there is still one very wide awake child hopping through the house! So here I am after several hours of chatter, begging, arguing, and a few winks here and there. AS my boyfriend leaves for some saturday work, I realize that I might as well get up, really up. My goodness I can not wait for the hottest cup of coffee. Hold the phone, there is no coffee. arghhh. I am hoping this hot hot cup of tea will do the job till I can be mentally strong enough to brave the frigid temperatures to go get a coffee. I could just add a shot of liquor to my tea that will warm me up and get me going. mmmm So.....as we were driving here yesterday, I am getting off the exit and I see a homeless man. I know what sounds so crazy about that. First of all the temperature was 10. Don't you wonder (well I wonder) where do you thnk that homeless man has to go so bad that he needs to be sitting along side the road in feezing temperatures. Stay the hell where you are till it warms up. Moving on to the next odd thing about this whole scenario. The man's clothes looked like he had been wearing them for several years. I understand that. What I do not understand is how the winter coat he is wearing looked more expensive and warmer than all of our coats in the car. Hmmmm don't you think there is man right now that is leaving a local coffee shop looking frantically for his coat. Saying I know I hung my coat up right here on this hook next to the door. Yelling and blamimg his wife, because what else can he do in this situation. Back to the very warm homeless man I saw, the strangest thing about the scene of that man along side the road was.......drum roll.....he had which I believe to have been a pogo stick on his lap! What do you think, Why do you think he had to have carried that across country. ( I am assuming he came across country) In case he doesn't get a ride, I guess he could hop on to his next destination. Hop along homeless man! I better get going, this tea is not getting the job done, I need to make a trip downstairs to the liquor cabnit! Thankful tidbit...... Hot Totties!! Until next time... Cheers

It's only Thursday??

1/19/2012            



Good morning.  Hope all is well with everyone.  I on the other hand am not so well.  I have a splitting headache.  I went round and round with my son last night about having his own room.  We live in a three bedroom house. I have a room, my daughter has a room and my boys who are 18 months apart share a room. My son who is 8 is  so upset that he should have his own room to watch and do whatever he wants.  I respond with .....what do you need to do that you cant do with your brother in here?  ( Loaded question I know) He says I love sports and Finley doesn't.  Every time I put a sport show on, he complains and I CAN"T TAKE IT!!!  I said well you are extremely lucky, because your brother who has insomnia most nights goes to bed around six in the evening.  You could have a brother that is a night owl and talk through all your sports things!  Trust me he does enough talking before bed for the whole evening, he responded.  This is true!  That is Roman, he is 8 , and a very typical middle child.  Hates to be bothered by most things! He also thinks I should share a room with my daughter, so he can watch a basketball game.  I shut the conversation down with the usual....well when you are older you will wish you and your brother were still sharing a room.  Didn't go over well.  
     Has anyone watched the show Dance Moms?  I admit as much as I hate that show, I cannot miss it!  TRAIN WRECK.  First of all who pays an obscene amount of money every month , to be treated like a piece of gum stuck to one's shoe.  I would let that lady have it and keep on movin'  The way she talks to the young girls that dance for her, would never happen on my dime, or nickel.  Then there is the lady that competes against this dance group.  The crazy apple lady.  What the hell?  She altered her dance girls birthday hoping to win a competition.  That's on the up and up.  Then got angry when they called her out on it.  Like i said, I get so mad the whole;e time I'm watching, but just cant quite turn it off.  Then the mom in the group has given the very nasty instructor a gift two weeks in a row....for what yelling and humiliating your child.  Hmmm  Can't wait till next week! 
    I have one more thing stuck in my mind that I just can not figure out.  How about this cruise ship that has wrecked in Italy.   The captain of the boat said he tripped and fell into a life boat and started to sail away...leaving the ship and people to figure it out!  What happened with going down with the ship?  Did he not see Titanic?  Well he obviously did which is why he jumped the hell out of there.  Anyway, Come up with a better excuse than that...tripped and fell into the life boat! 

         Thankful tidbit...I realized that I am thankful for my own room, and that I am not sharing a room with my 11 year old daughter.  Whew
    
         Gotta get scootin.       Until next time.....C. M .
                                                   

1/18/2012 Hump Day!

Well it's Wed...hump day.  I'm having a hard time getting over the hump today.  Long day.  Had a little insomnia last night.  My youngest Finley, who I talked about yesterday got up at 11:30 last night to get a drink, which turned into a 15-20 minute discussion on how could I buy generic (no name brand) chocolate syrup.  It's just not the same as Hershy's, he says! I agree, but I don't tell him that.  I say, well it's cheaper and we go through alot so sometimes it is just best to get the cheaper brand.  Well that is bull, he says. Finally rolls over and goes back to sleep.  So now I'm thinking, what is it about the Hershy's syrup  that is so damn good?  I start to realize, I'm not even tired and it is midnight.  Ugh!! So after a few hours of very crappy television, I force myself to sleep!  Whew....just in time for my little guy to get up at 4 am. Glad I got that hour in. 
     I really needed that hour, had a very emotional evening with my daughter.  She is in a volleyball league.  Mind you, I know nothing about life as it exists. How I could have made it 40 years without her help is beyond me.  Yes 40.  Anyway, she gets her uniform pants on sunday at a scrimmage, They are several sizes off in what we ordered. Go figure, it always works like that with us.  And they are not short enough.  I start to say, well everyone's should be the same length. Well they are not.  I find that hard to believe.  What do I know, I never played volleyball. Well no I was a cheerleader. I believe when I was in high school they didn't wear those, again I have no idea.  After about an hour of volleyball uniform talk (arguments) she stops and says can you get me different ones.  Yes , anything to stop this conversation!  That is my outspoken, head strong, lil mamma of a daughter....Isabella.  So hopefully she will at least wear the capri length volleyball shorts to practice tonight. Haha   That is part of the deal! We will see.  I also picked up my new eyeglasses today, to which I refused the bifocal part, that they recommended.  To be honest, I regretted that ten minutes after I got them and tried to read a magazine.  Oops!  Just turned 40 three weeks ago, I felt they were pushing the bifocal thing. Turns out I need it!  Damn!
 
I guess my thankful tidbit for the day would be..... Hmmmm it would be.....Bedtime!  Because I know I will be so thankful for it when it comes tonight!

            Until next time.... Crazy Mommy

1/17/2012

Good morning!

            Well as crazy mommy gets started, let's start by saying I'm not certifiable!  Some may disagree.  Most days in my life would make you think that I should be, trust me I am just as crazy and stressed as the next mom that does everything!  My day starts off with my youngest getting up at 3:30am. Which he does most days (I will get into that later).  After some ice cream and a few frozen waffles he dozes back off for a few more winks.  Thank God for food comas!  Then getting back up at 5:30 to three disgruntle kids hoping that school would be canceled due to a snow storm that didn't come, or was not even predicted!  I know don't ask!  As I am taking my youngest to school, he blurts out....Are you ever going to get a job and stop being lazy, we need more money in this household? The great morning just keeps rolling on and on.  I start to respond and he blurts out again....And don't say you are a stay at home mom and that is my job!  Because i have asked people and they agree with me, It's not a job!   Let the games begin.  I hold back because , I'm not sure why actually , i just do and simply say.  I love you!  Have a great day!  He responds with whatever I'm out of here and gets out of the car to run into school.  That is my youngest son Finley, he is seven.  He has the diagnosis of Asperger's with sensory issues, and adhd.  He will keep most of you in stitches as this blog rolls on.  On Tuesdays he has a private religion class, so look for those blogs, always a story to be told after that.    
        My new years resolution this year was to try to be thankful for something everyday!  Not really sure  if it's possible.  I'm going to give it a whirl. I'm not one to burst out my resolutions to everyone I see on the streets, because lets be honest, I almost never even keep mine up till February!  I know....yikes.  maybe that is the crazy in me, can't keep up.  I'm off to get my daily stuff done!     
               

Today's thankful tidbit -  hmmmm   I guess coffee, just because If i didn't have any, i would be so much more crazier!!!! 

                                           Until next time-    Crazy Mommy